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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
..The Good Old Times:

We often hear of the Egood old days of
yore." Why deprive our children of the
enjoyment of those old days? Why not
pass law forbidding steamboats, from
blowing the waters, railroads from run
ming on land, telegraphs from sending
messages, telephones from being used; all
furnaces, steam heaters, etc, to be taken
out of houses and other buildings; all
CRATES for burning coal to be taken out
all stoves to be melted for old iron, all
water works in cities to be left empty; the
use of all gas and other illuminatorS, eX-
cept dipped tallow candles, to be disused,
and really go back to the ''goOd old
times" say for five years. Then, if at
midnight on cold, stormy night, a doc
tor is wanted, he must be sent for instead
of telephOning for him. If one wished to
send message to distance, instead of
telegraphing he must write a letter and
send it by stages to its distant place, and
wait patiently for days or weeks for the
answer.
When one goes home on a freezing night
he can sit by a wood fire, roasting on one
side while freezing the other, and reading
by the dim light of a tallOW dip, instead
of the blaze of a gaslight or the more
agreeable light of kerosene. If he under
takes a journey, instead of getting into
the cars and going where he wishes, the
best he can do is to take stage at four
times the cost and ten times the discom-
fort of the cars. Let these and other mod
ern improvements be forbidden and 'good
old days. be brought back, how long
would it be before an extra session of the
legislature would be demanded to knock
''the good old days. into splinters, and to
restore the much better modern days
which we now enjoy and for which we
ought to be most devoutly thankful p
Bridgeport Sentinel
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Telling the Truth in school.

Edward Everett Hale, in a recent ad-
dress, made an interesting statement con-
corning the Boston Latin school when he
was one of its pupils, some fifty years ago
II am quite sure" he said, "that even cow
ardly boys of the school would have been
more afraid to tell a lie than of any conse-
quences of telling the truth"
He attributed this high tone not to the
discipline Of the school, nor to the exam
pie of the teachers, but to the right feel
ing of the boys themselves. at was tone
given by the scholars" he remarks. at
was thing understood among them that
a boy who would lie was a cowardly and
mean fellow, and as such was to be po-
litely cut by his fellow pupils until he had
learned better"
Boys are so susceptible to the public
opinion of their school. that it requires
more courage than human nature ordin-
ariIy possesses for a boy to do either
wrong or right against it. Hence, the
anxious solicitude of good teachers to get
the public opinion of their schools sound
and rational-Youth's Companion.
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starves lin order to TAX.

Iknow it is a vulgar and cheap thing
for any man to note what another does at
table; and doubly so to write 1T down
But writer's do not always write Tor Jnelr
own renown, and for the instruction OF
those who read in their morning paper
the pithy and profound things that nave
been said at some dinner the evening be-
fore am going TO set down fact or so.
Well, then, these pithy or profound say
ines here, as rule, not only cost the man
who has uttered them many an hour OF
study, but most likely his dinner also.
Henry Ward Beecher rolls bit OF
bread between thumb and finger when ne
is TO speak, but does not touch food. he
is so well balanced at table, however, that
few would notice that he is'starving him
self in order that ne may properly feed
others.
l sat by Chauncey Depew the other
evening at the great dianer given by the
descendants of the Dutch settlers OF New
York, but am not prepared to say that
this brightest of all the professional din
ers-out starves himself in order to talk.
But, of course, his talk is not to be cIassed
with that of Beecher; it is as brass IS to
gold
He told me an anecdote about Wander
bilt. the late William H, which l don't
believe quite. but 1 SET it down because
Chauncey seemed to think it funny. He
said that on the death of the commodore,
when William H came to his colossal for
tune, the millionaire men OF New YORK
wanted to make friends with the new
king, and so contrived the most gorgeous
dinner that Delmonico had ever yet con-
ceived. They expected to astonish their
great guest by their costly wines andend-
less menu But, says the smiling, shin
ing Chauncey, civilian H. ate every
thing they brought him, and at last,
about midnight, called out: I say, boys,
don't you suppose could get plate OF
corned beef and cabbage in this place?
Pm getting hungry!"-Joaquin Miller in
Chicago Times.
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CUSTOM HOUSE STATISTICS.

The report of the Collector General of
Customs for the year ended December
81, 1886, was, issued on Saturday last.
This was a wholly unnecessary delay.
The report itself was not compiled as
early as it should have been, the Col
lector Generals letter accompanying the
statistics being dated February 18th.
Barring these drawbacks the report is
full and instructive.
The total value of exports and imports
of merchandise during the year 1886
amounted to SO, 335 ,O24. as against
$12, 1875, 1862 for 1885, showing an increase
of s., 435, 1852. The increase in merchan-
disc imports during the past year as
compared with 1885 was 81 ,047 ,194, and
of exports correspondingly 81, 3S7 1867.
The relative value of the foreign trade is
shown by the following comparison;
Exports, 1886 ........... $40 ,457 go
IMPORTS, 1856 ............... 4,S77, 73S
Excess of Exports .,......-...- 81, 49, $50
The specie import during the past year
amounted to 81, 142 ,946, as against
1924, O75 in 1885. Specie exports footed
total of $43, 128, from which it would
appear that 81 ,O99, 1913 in gold coin was
added to the circulation in 1886. Doubt
less this statement is correct as far as
the Custom House was in a position to
trace the coin movement; but we have
no doubt whatever that heavy drain Of
gold to China took place by private
hands, and to this fact as well as to the
boarding of coin among certain classes
of the population, the comparative
scarcity of gold may be traced.
Coming to particulars we find that of a
total domestic export amounting to $10,-
34O, 375, sugar alone represented $9,775,-
132. The increase of dutiable goods was
$44S, 256, and of goods free by treaty and
law, $58O,11O.
The customs revenue yielded $3.50, 444,
the largest amount ever collected on the
Islands. AS opium did not begin to fig
ure as an import until quite recently,
only 1872 20 appear as duty upon a
small supply, apparently for medicinal
purposes. It should become an import
ant item in this years revenue receipts.
Spirits paid 48 per cent of the total
duties merchandise paid 81 per cent /;
all other sources of income % per cent.
The ''blue ribbon campaign" may affect
the revenue on spirits.
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Linco1n,s Letter to Hooker.

President Lincoln used to write long
letters to his military commander, and
copy them himself. Just after Gen. Joe
Hooker had taken command of the Army
of the Potomac letter was penned, and
while the president yet retained it in his
possession an intimate friend happened to
be in his cabinet one night, and the presi-
dent reed it to him, remarking: 81 shall
not read this to anybody else, but 1 want
to know how it strikes you" During the
following April or May, while the Army
of the Potomac lay opposite Fredericks
burg, this friend accompanied the presi
dent to Gen. Hooker's headquarters on a
visit One night Gen. Hooker, alone in
his tent with this gentleman, said: ''The
president says that he showed you this
letter." and he then took out that docu-
ment, which was closely written on
sheet of letter paper. The tears stood in
the generals bright blue eyes as he added:
sit is such letter as q father might have
written to his son. And yet it hurt me.''
Then, dashing the water from his eyes, he
said: ''When I have been to Richmond 1
shall have this letter printed But
Fighting Joe'' never reached Richmond,
and it was sixteen years before the letter,
which sharply criticised him, found it's
way into print.-Ben: Perley Poore in
Boston Budget.
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The Poland of Africa.

Zululand seems to be the Poland of
Africa. First Great Britain cut off big
slice of Western Zululand, called it the
Reserve and drove the independent Zulus
out of it because Natal did not like them
as neighbors. Then the Transvaal Beers
viewed what was left from their noun
tain tops, pronounced it beautiful 1oca-
ton for a new republic and invented a
pretext for moving in. They were actu-
ally trying to appropriate fve-sixths OF
the country, when Great Britain stepped
in as mutual friend cut the land in two
in the middle and assigned the east half
to the Zulus and the west to the Beers, re-
serving a generous strip along the entire
coast for herself. So the warriors of Getty
wayo are being crowded into corner of
their heritage, while white men parcel out
the biggest and best part of it.-Foreign
Letter in Boston Transcript.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-27
KAKAAKO BRANCH HOSPITAL.
A Visit to the InstituLIOn-Fhe New
KaIakaua Home.

Anyone who had not visited the Leper
Branch Hospital at Kakaako during the
past six or eight months, and to go over
the place to-day, would find a great inn
provement. 1t might almost be said
that they would not know the institu-
ton The vegetation in the grounds has
sprung up rapidly, and flowers of all
kinds are blooming, helping to brighten
the temporary homes of the unfortunate
lepers. There is marked improvement
in the health of the people confined
there, and they show it. DIR. Goto's
treatment of hot baths and Japanese
medicine is evidently doing good work.
The whole of the buildings look neat and
are in good condition.
November 8, 1885, the Kapiolani Home
"a building erected in the enclosure
was dedicated by Her Majesty the
Queen. 1t is devoted to the care of
girls, the children of leprous parents,
not yet confined as lepers, and others
suspected of the disease. Since its ded-
ication it has proved to be very useful
institution, and in the hands of the good
Sisters is a model of neatness. 1t was
hoped at some time that similar insti
tuition would be erected in the enclosure
for boys. An item of $4,000 was placed
in the Appropriation bill at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature for the Kalakaua
Home for boys, but it was withdrawn.
However, there is to-day a Kalakaua
Home, and it has cost mere nothing.
A representative of the ADVERTISER
visited the settlement on Monday after
noon for the purpose of looking over this
new building. On the makai side of
the grounds nearest to the town there
stood for long time row of old build
ings. These have been renovated, re-
paired and converted into dormitories,
which will accommodate thirty boys
The interior is as clean as new pin,
and the exterior, with a large veranda
all around it, has a very neat appear
ance. In the rear of this building is
schoolroom, and also hospital-two
separate buildings. The former is fitted
up with fourteen desks, gift from the
Board of Education, and the walls are
hung with maps, blackboards and pic
lures, which give it a cheerful appear
ance. The building was formerly used
as a morgue.
Upon entering this building on Mon
day afternoon with His Excellency Mr.
Gibson, who was there on his usual
daily rounds, the writer could not help
noticing the superior mode of training of
the Sisters in charge. The scholars
formed in line and sang several songs in
capital style. This done, one of them
advanced and addressed Mr.. Gibson in
Hawaiian, expressing how glad he and
his fellow pupils were at being so well
taken care Of. The hospital has accom-
mediation for ten beds. There was one
little fellow in the building who was suf-
fering from severe headache. He was
away from the noise of the other boys
and looked grateful for the attention
shown him.
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bassador and suite found their way to
Samoa without the aid of a national
ship, and now one of the emergencies
has arisen which Mr. Gibson said would
call for the prompt employment OF a
Government steam vessel. He is In
position to order the Kaimiloa to pro-
coed forthwith on an expedition IN
search of the crew of the General Seigel,
if peradventure they still survive, or if
not to determine their fate.
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Exhausted nIuscuIar Power.

DR.. Porret has published some very
curious instances of exhausted muscular
power. OF course the writer's eramp is q
case in point; but there are professional
movements other than writing which ex-
haust the powers of those who use them.
Violinists lose the power of manipulating
the strings with their left hand, and VIC
loncello players that of making the NUT
with their left thumb; compositors cease
to have power over the stick; tailors can
no longer sew, and even nailmalsers can at
last no longer use the hammer It is sa-
gaciously suggested that, in view of this
disastrous state of things, everybody
should have second calling to fall back
upon when the first gives out.-Boston
Budget.
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A Test of Faith.

'I's heer, Brudder Johnson said the
minister, ''dat yo' lack de trew spirut oh
Christun charity. Am dat sop
'sI's don't 'actly comprehend de quessun,
replied Old johnson, not liking the way
things were drifting.
'tWel1, - continued the minister, ''let me
glib you Example. Subbose dere wus room
chuck full oh gold, wild no un to watch it;
would yo' hab faith huff in de 'tegrity OBJ
your brudder church member TO trus' him
in dere alone?''
''Dat am quessun, an no mistake, y re-
piled old johnson, his mouth watering at
the thought of the picture just described.
''In case OBJ dat kim, sab, rs don't tink
/ wud trus' miself Judge.
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1nstructing the Firemen.

piling upstairs. The small boy of the fam
lily was in a fever of delight. He was ex-
amining the hose and chopping things with
the axes, for there wasn't any very bad fire
and it took them some time to get at it.
They found a burning joist set on fire by
the neighbours furnace. The little boy
meanwhile was talking to some of the dis
engaged firemen.
"Say," he said, eff there should be big
fire here, and you want to save things
please don't save my winter fiannels, for
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Should Make Tooth Extraction Horrible.
While tits desirable that the extraction
of teeth should be done skillfully and
easily to the patients, yet tell my patients
that wish to make extraction as horrible
as possible, and / advise young dentists all
to do so, SO as to keep that horror as much
as possible before the public. Keep it up,
because we hope the day will soon come
when we will not extract teeth. The
present advance of dental science is such
that verify believe the time viii come
within our own lives when the operation
of extraction will be seldom performed. l
should never advise the extraction Of a
tooth unless it is by accident necessary. I
should not now advise the extraction of a
root that l might have advised a few years
ago.
When the crown is gone the root can be
made as useful with an artificial crown as
the natural crown. When the natural
crown is in bad shape often advocate the
browning at once. If the artificial crown
is perfectly fitted we have certainly
perfectly restored tooth. Therefore 1
present that side of extraction to make it
as horrible as possible in order to forward
this grand problem of science and save
the natural teeth that would otherwise
be destroyed. - Dentist in Globe Demo
GRAFT
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A Brief Career in Wall street.

The career of one of the best known
men in wall street las just been brought
to a sudden close. Il Illustrates the habits
of Wall street men forcibly, but not in a
complimentary way. Until a month ago
he was the most popular Of men. A good
many people did not believe that his posi-
ton was a very honorable one, but then
the lines are loosely drawn that govern
Wall street methods, and this particula
man counted his friends by the hundred
while he was successful
He had what a great many men would
consider an ideal position His firm gave
him a liberal salary, a commission on all
orders, paid all his bills and urged him to
live as extensively as possible. He was a
professional runner-in for his house; he
made it a point to associate only with
young men of wealth, and all he was ex-
pected to do was to get them to speculate
through his firm. His commissions from
such actions were usually very large. He
spent fortune every year, acted as a
medium through which any rich man
could gain an introduction to any woman
of the stage who happened to strike his
fancy and was perpetually about town.
He drove the best horses, ate the most
elaborate dinners and swung in the most
reckless set here.
Everything went well until his firm got
into trouble with the millionaire father of
one of the youngsters whom the runner
in had managed to coax into speculation
Then the runner was abruptly discharged,
his debts repudiated by the firm and he
has in a very few weeks sunk to the very
bottom of the line. Wall street worships
a successful man and condemns a failure
with the utmost heartlessness. 1t is in
credible that man so popular a short
time ago should fall SO low within a
month-RroOklYn EAGLE
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ESTATE OF 7. D. LANE.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

The undersigned gives notice that he has
been appointed Admin illustrator of the estate of
T. D. Lane, late of Lihue, Kauai, deceased.
All persons having any claims against said
estate whether secured by mortgage other
wise, are notified to present the same with
vouchers, if any exist, and duly authenticated,
to the undersigned at No. II, Kaahumanu street,
in Honolulu within six months from this date,
or they will be forever barred.
All persons indebted to said estate re-
quested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned, F. NJ. HATCH,
Administrator of the Estate of T. D. Lane.
April Is, 1887. 607may2
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A deposit of genuine meerchum has
been found Ga the beach near Yaguina
gre.
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Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-12
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN YEARS.

. Aunt Julia Taylor, colored woman
generally supposed to be III years old,
died last week, at 1413 Picker street, Of
apoplexy. Although reared in Virginia,
Aunt Julia was neither nurse nor
youthful acquaintance Of George Wash
ington, and in declining years was not
in the habit of relating personal rsminis-
cences of the Curtis family. She is be-
lieved to have been born in l776, near
Culpepper Court House, and was, during
her girlhood, a slave of the Bullitt family.
She was then sold to the Thurstons, and
was by them carried to Kentucky. 1923
she was sold to II. IS. Cox, and was by
him brought to st. Louis, being after
wards sold to Mrs. Ellen Farrar, of this
CITY. She remained the property of Mrs.
Farrar until the end of slavery in the
United States. She was married twice
during her slavery days and was the
mother Of ten children. OF these, two
daughters are yet living, Mrs. Lucy Ann
Medley, who lives in st. Louis, and is 20
years old, and Mrs. Nancy Gilchrist,
who sin Wisconsin, and is 9S years old.
-Four of her grandchildren are living,
Thos. Medley Of Minneapolis, who is S.
years old, and Joseph B. Mitchell, Mrs.
Mary Armstadt, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-12
st. Louis. Mo.

The funeral of Mr.. James A. johnson,
the prominent citizen who dropped
dead, took place last Sunday afternoon
at the Central Baptist Church, the very
best element of our people crowding
this edifice to sufocation, to pay the last
tribute of respect to the deceased The
remains followed by long procession
were slowly wendell to Bellfountaine
Cemetery where interment took place.
The discourses of Elders Shafer and
Anderson deserve special mention. It
is understood that Mrs. johnson will
continue the business of her husband at
his old headquarters on Washington
avenue.
Since the re-districting committee
made their eport-recently adopted
changing the wards of our city, numerous
political moves are noticed. All avail
able persons (males) have an eye on
either House of Delegates or School
Board. Each body has twenty eight
members, SO that ffty -six of our patriotic
citizens may soon be happy. One ward
(ths 10th) has been SO changed that a
colored delegate and member can easily
be elected. OF course there must be
union to accomplish this result.
Whist parties are still the order Of the
day among us. tits a noticeable feature
that few of our ladies' attain to any great
degree Of proficiency. Many of the
gentlemen are experts. I may as well
admit the truth by saying that many o.
the teachers indulge in this pleasant
past time.
Several of our leading educators have
organized Kant Philosophical Class
It meets weekly Saturday afternoon al
| 2 o'clock-at No. i School Building, Supt
p. H. Long is the instructor. The work
of the class is said to be progressing
very interestingly. Among the bright
lights in this new organization are: A
d. Langston, d. 3. Hordon, O. M
Wood, II. d. King, J. A. Kelley, r. "a
Cole, Hutchins Inge; Misses Gertrude
Wright, Fl. Georgiana Whyte, Katie
Crawford and Miss Oliver.